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A Canadian warbler flew down near the 
ground with a note of alarm, and talk like tchit. 
It was rather harsh. The belly and lower breast 
were white; upper breast and sides yellowish, 
streaked with black, sides more heavily streaked 
than breast, throat white, tail medium, notched, 
plumper than a chippy and a little shorter in 
body. 
It hunted around and picked insects from the 
buds and branches. 
Then we went to school. 
The blossoms are out on the trees now. It was 
rather cloudy but not cold. 
The robins are building a nest in the Norway 
spruce west of the house. They are putting in 
mud now. 
The bluejays are building in Mrs. Lyons tree 
again. 
This noon a male purple nartinwas on top of 
Randall’s building. He called and sang and went 
into a hole. Then he flew away. 
In the afternoon I saw a male bronzed grackle 
gathering material for its nest in the fields. 
Tonight I saw some bronzed grackles going to 
roost in Mrs. Pettey’s Norway spruces. They 
sang and chucked a great deal. 
Saw some chipping sparrows in Mrs. Russell’s 
trees. They would get settled and then go out 
again to sing. 
April 24, 1900 - Tuesday. 
This morning as I was at work in the yard I 
saw quite a flock of evening grosbeaks. I have 
noticed that the male chipping sparrow generally 
has a favorite perch or perches from which to 
sing. Last year one came every evening to an old 
dead tree, leaning against the woodpile, to sing. 
Saw one courting in the live elm. He turned to¬ 
ward the female and bowed to her. She flew at 
him and chased him away. 
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